News & Announcements

Wheelhouse Weekly, January 10, 2023
Volume 29… Number 2, Jan. 10, 2023 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Senators Demand Changes to Naval Dry-Dock Policy After Suicides Aboard USS GEORGE WASHINGTON Kiewit Corporation Buys Weeks Marine New Edition of IFSMA Newsletter Posted on Bridgedeck.org Plus: Tampa Bay Pilot Carolyn Kurtz Profiled in Marine Log’s “Top Women in Maritime” Issue Mark Your […]

Wheelhouse Weekly, January 3, 2023
Volume 29… Number 1, Jan. 3, 2023 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Hundreds Evacuated in Fire Aboard Staten Island Ferry Crew of USNS JOHN LEWIS Rescues Man From Sinking Sailboat $3.29 Billion Funding Authorization for New Lock at the Soo Operation Deep Freeze Gets Underway National Hurricane Center Begins Offering Five-Day Tropical Atlantic Marine Weather […]

Wheelhouse Weekly, December 27, 2022
Volume 28… Number 52, Dec.27, 2022 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: New Issue of The Master, Mate & Pilot Now Online Omnibus Law Addresses Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment in Maritime Industry New Great Lakes Heavy Icebreaker Authorized in NDAA Also: Mariner’s Weather Hazards Workshop March 14-16 Plus: Deadline To Apply for a Union Plus […]

Wheelhouse Weekly, December 20, 2022
Volume 28… Number 51, Dec.20, 2022 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Holiday Greetings From MM&P Unions Hail Two Decisions Issued by National Labor Relations Board Bipartisan Bill With Maritime Priorities Heads to President Biden’s Desk Plus: National Labor Relations Board Gets $25 Million Funding Infusion Member News: Last Day for Processing Vacation and PRO Payments […]

Wheelhouse Weekly, December 13, 2022
Volume 28… Number 50, Dec.13, 2022 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Maritime Security Program and Tanker Security Program Fully Funded in House-Passed Bill Maersk Appoints New Chief Executive Officer Work Begins on New John Lewis–Class Oiler Make Your Voice Heard: Ask Your Senators To Fully Fund the NLRB Also: MM&P Closed for Christmas and New […]

Wheelhouse Weekly, December 6, 2022
Volume 28… Number 49, Dec. 6, 2022 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Blaming the Jones Act for High Energy Prices “Flatly Wrong,” AMP Tells Governors of Six States Chamber of Shipping of America Honors Companies and Crews for Environmental Excellence “Happiness Survey” Shows General Improvement in Life at Sea With Easing of Pandemic Plus: Your […]